#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::cmp::*;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::collections::*;
use std::io::{Write, BufWriter};
// https://qiita.com/tanakh/items/0ba42c7ca36cd29d0ac8
macro_rules! input {
    ($($r:tt)*) => {
        let stdin = std::io::stdin();
        let mut bytes = std::io::Read::bytes(std::io::BufReader::new(stdin.lock()));
        let mut next = move || -> String{
            bytes
                .by_ref()
                .map(|r|r.unwrap() as char)
                .skip_while(|c|c.is_whitespace())
                .take_while(|c|!c.is_whitespace())
                .collect()
        };
        input_inner!{next, $($r)*}
    };
}

macro_rules! input_inner {
    ($next:expr) => {};
    ($next:expr, ) => {};

    ($next:expr, $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
        let $var = read_value!($next, $t);
        input_inner!{$next $($r)*}
    };
}

macro_rules! read_value {
    ($next:expr, ( $($t:tt),* )) => {
        ( $(read_value!($next, $t)),* )
    };

    ($next:expr, [ $t:tt ; $len:expr ]) => {
        (0..$len).map(|_| read_value!($next, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    };

    ($next:expr, chars) => {
        read_value!($next, String).chars().collect::<Vec<char>>()
    };

    ($next:expr, usize1) => {
        read_value!($next, usize) - 1
    };

    ($next:expr, [ $t:tt ]) => {{
        let len = read_value!($next, usize);
        (0..len).map(|_| read_value!($next, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    }};

    ($next:expr, $t:ty) => {
        $next().parse::<$t>().expect("Parse error")
    };
}

fn solve() {
    let out = std::io::stdout();
    let mut out = BufWriter::new(out.lock());
    macro_rules! puts {
        ($($format:tt)*) => (write!(out,$($format)*).unwrap());
    }
    input! {
        n: usize,
        a: [i64; n],
    }
    let mut a = a;
    a.sort();
    let mut acc = vec![0; n + 1];
    for i in 0..n {
        acc[i + 1] = acc[i] + a[i];
    }
    let mut mi = 1 << 50;
    for i in 0..n + 1 {
        let mut tot = 0;
        if i > 0 {
            let former_med = a[i / 2];
            let former = (acc[i / 2] - former_med * (i / 2) as i64)
                + (former_med * (i - i / 2) as i64 - acc[i] + acc[i / 2]);
            tot += former;
        }
        if i < n {
            let latter_med = a[i + (n - i) / 2];
            let latter = (acc[i + (n - i) / 2] - acc[i] - latter_med * ((n - i) as i64 / 2))
                + (latter_med * (n - i - (n - i) / 2) as i64 - acc[n] + acc[i + (n - i) / 2]);
            tot += latter;
        }
        mi = min(mi, -tot);
    }
    a.dedup();
    if a.len() == 1 {
        puts!("1\n");
    } else {
        puts!("{}\n", mi);
    }
}

fn main() {
    // In order to avoid potential stack overflow, spawn a new thread.
    let stack_size = 104_857_600; // 100 MB
    let thd = std::thread::Builder::new().stack_size(stack_size);
    thd.spawn(|| solve()).unwrap().join().unwrap();
}